- 01. Artists and Bourgeois
- 02. Two Bohemians in Paris
- 03. Shared Landscapes
- 04. Height of Creativity and Success in Catalonia
- 05. Separate Ways
- 06. Casas and Rusiñol, Poster Designers
Casas-Rusiñol
Two modernist visions
14 November 2014 - 1 March 2015
Santiago Rusiñol
1889
Oil on canvas, 97.8 x 130.2 cm
Museu del Cau Ferrat, Sitges. Santiago Rusiñol collection
Ramon Casas
ca. 1890-1891
Oil on canvas, 40 x 24 cm
Private collection
Two Bohemians in Paris
Casas and Rusiñol’s various stays in Paris in the 1880s and 1890s, both together and separately, were decisive in bringing them into contact with modern art and shaping their mature style: Casas espoused post-Impressionism and a balanced, elegant realism, while Rusiñol’s approach was intimate and symbolist. Attracted by the experience of bohemian life in Paris, though they both enjoyed the security provided by their privileged financial position, they painted the interiors, landscapes and people of Montmartre, the artists’ districts where they too lived.